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Anchor Texts: "Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven" and "Sanctuary: For Harry Potter the Movie"



Ummm... Who Are They? I Just Recently Moved Out from Under a Rock!

Listen to Elvis - Rockabilly!
What do we know about Emily Dickinson?
"Hope is a Thing with Feathers"
"I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed"
More Poems by Emily Dickinson

Read!

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Read "Emily Dickinson and Elvis Presley in Heaven" by Hans Ostrom (pg.759-760)
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Link to Hans Olstrom's blog!

Small Groups

Work together to chart the allusions you find in the poem and note their effects. Discuss and answer the questions as well.

Homework

Read "Sanctuary: For Harry Potter the Movie" by Nikki Giovanni (pg.760-763)
Answer the 7 "Exploring the Text" questions.

Your final copy of an argument timed write is due Thursday. Please type it in MLA format.

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